Troy Paiva's website says "Troy’s surrealist night photography has been featured in two monographs: "Lost America" in 2003 and "Night Vision" in 2008. Both books examine the evolution and eventual abandonment of the communities, structures and social iconography spawned during 20th century America's western expansion--and the modern Urban Exploration culture that finds strange comfort in dancing through its ruins."

     Troy works with light by keeping it from directly entering the lens, instead, the light is "brushed" onto surfaces.  "....the idea is to glide through the scene absorbing the atmosphere and stillness."  Atmosphere and stillness are both powerful elements of Troy's pictures.  Urban Exploration (or Urbex) is a strong vehicle for finding great locations for light painitng.